Craig DiLouie

The FTC has proposed new labeling requirements for lamps in response to a congressional mandate to provide consumers with clear, easily understandable information to help them choose among different bulb types as traditional lamps compete with CFLs and newer LED lamps. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking announced on October 27 seeks comment on new labels [...]

Construction spending during September 2009 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $940.3 billion, 0.8% above the revised August estimate of $933 billion and 13% below the September 2008 estimate of $1,081.2 billion. During the first nine months of 2009, construction spending reached $715.2 billion, 12.1% below the $813.3 billion for the same [...]

Submissions are now being accepted for the 27th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards. The early-bird deadline is November 27, 2009. Early bird entrants receive a $50 USD discount off of the entry fee. The late deadline is December 4, 2009. All entries must be completed and paid by December 4 to be eligible for [...]

On November 19, 2009, David Holmes, Principal of Capital Studio Architects, LLC and Joel Baker of Progressive Engineering, Inc. will provide a building tour of Goodwin College River Campus. They will discuss creating a signature building on the startup of a new college campus. Come and hear/see the unique architecture, lighting concepts and challenges during [...]

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I’ll be at Pages Bookstore in Kensington in Calgary, AB tonight, doing a reading of my novel The Great Planet Robbery and signing copies afterwards. If you’re in the neighborhood, drop in and say hello!

The U.S. Department of Energy has published the summary report from the 2009 DOE Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Manufacturing Workshops held April 21–22 in Fairfax, VA and June 24–25 in Vancouver, WA. Click here to download a PDF copy of the report.

Lighting Objects is a specification grade manufacturer of architectural and decorative lighting products with a specialty in custom fixtures. Give them a visit here.

The current economic downturn is not sidetracking state-level efforts to make the most of energy efficiency as the cheapest, cleanest and quickest of all energy resources, according to a 50-state scorecard on energy efficiency policies, programs, and practices from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The 2009 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, which ranks [...]